Kaha e le kolone ea pele le ea ho qetela ea Spain sebakeng sa Caribbean, lijo tsa Cuba li ntse li e-na le maqhama a matla ho tšusumetso ea Sepanishe . Nakong ea mehla ea bokolone, Havana e ne e le koung ea bohlokoa ea khoebo le bajaki ba Spain ba neng ba feta motseng pele ba fallela metseng e meng le lihlekehlekeng. Bajaki ba bangata ba ne ba tsoa karolong e ka boroa ea Spain; kahoo lijana tse ngata tsa Cuba li simolohile Andalucía.
Phetoho le ho senyeha ha likamano tsa United States ka 1961 li ile tsa fetola lijo tsa Cuba.
Cuba e ile ea tlosoa mohloling oa eona oa ho kenya linaheng tse ling 'me ea tlameha ho fumana mehloli e meng ho boloka moruo o ea. Ha Fidel Castro a phatlalatsa phetohelo ea Marxist-Leninist, maqhama a bona a matlafalitsoe le Soviet Union. Lijo tse ncha tsa lijo li kene lijo tsa Cubane le koro, pasta, pizza le yogurt ho ba bohlokoa haholo. Lijo le tlhapi li ne li nka pele ho feta nama ea kolobe, le hoja nama ea kolobe e ntse e le nama ea khethollo. Khomo ea nama ea likhomo e batla e nyamela lijong.
Liketsahalo tsa lekholo la bo20 la lilemo li bile le tšusumetso e matla lijong tsa Cuba. Hobane leano la United States le hanela khoebo le Cuba, sehlekehlekeng sena se qobelloa ho fetola lijo tsa sona. Cuba, u ke ke ua fumana tšusumetso ea Amerika ho lijo tsa Cuba. Leha ho le joalo, libakeng tse tsoang linaheng tsa Amerika tsa Cuba tse kang Miami, tšusumetso ea Amerika li teng lijong tsa Cuba le lipepepe.
Lijo tsa Cuba li itšetlehile ka metso le li-tubers, tse kang malanga, litapole, boniatos le yucca. Lijo tse ling tsa starchy li akarelletsa limela, libanana le raese.
Lijo tse ling tseo u ka li tsebang ke Moros y Cristianos (linaoa tse ntšo le raese), lechón asado (e liehang ea nama ea kolobe), le pollo en salsa (khoho ka sauce). Hape, tortilla e Cuba ke lejoe le bonolo la mahe ebile ha le tšoane le tortilla ea Mexico. Li-Cuba li rata pizza hape. Li-toppings tse ling tseo u li ratang li kenyelletsa ham, chorizo, le onion.